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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

The man ON the fence cares for no
man, and no man cares for hIm.-Nicii-
OILS Exchange.
You are exactly correct, ncighbor,
and the "man on the fence" is proud
OF his position. He is for "no mani
but he Is and always will be for the
grand old Democratic party, unified,
solid, impregnible, for veal and for
woe, and he grieves to say that this is
the first time he has ever known of
Democrats Wanting their fealty 10 men
and showing their collar marks-the
first time that such a thing was not re-
garded as an imputation and disgrace.
What has become of the old slogan,
"PrincIples, not men"?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

mitted to Nichols, means subservience
or loyaly to use pretty word, to q
msn, to be personal belonging, which
always carries with 1t an ignoble inn
putation.
But to belong, body, soul and
breaches, to the grand old Democratic
party never touched any mans seli-res-
pect nor soiled the addition of his high
est prerogative of citizenship.
This "man on the fence" is to be
honored and because he has an honora-
BILE purpose In being ON the fence.
That purpose Is to keep high above
the dust, dirt and blatant noise OF fact
ion fight, and to stand and deht as long
as life lets him for tho Democratic
party, and for the preservation Of the
results achieved by the Bossler riot,
the Colfax riot, the Cousi,atta massacre,
the Teusas riot, the Caddo riot, the
Natchitoches riot, the New Orleans
riots of September IA, 1874 and January
9, 1873, the ascendancy of the white
race, established by the Nichols CAM
paign and since preserved by the Nc
Emery Democratic administrations.
This "man on the ience'' means to
tell Gov. Nichols that he Is not the
Democratic party and Col. Holiings-
worth can't make him so. He means
to tell Gov. McEuery that he Is not
the Democratic party and does not
stand for it, and never can do 90. Tie
means to tell both III them that they
ere representing personaiis,n and fac"
ton and that their whole stock In trade
is Islander of the party and what it Is
responsible for-whether 1t be the
Nichols administration or the McEh-
cry administration.
This man does not intend to permit
these men to split the Democratic 2'a'ts'
and bring in the aigger as the a'bite''
bet,Uee,a suhite men and he believes IN Sit
tina d0aUu on the first man that centuries
the suggestion.
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belief. The truth is that factions in

belief. The truth is that factions in
Louisiana are not of the people, but
are confined to the politicians and toe
press. What will be the result :?
Fraud and virulent partnership per-
haps violence, in the primaries, in the
convention, at the polls, and combina-
tons with Republicans and negroes,
the revival of every infatuy the Demo-
cratic party fought, with all the de-
vices of ingenuity and courage, TO
stifie in Louisiana, and in some i'll
stances by measures to be justified
solely on the Heaven implanted feeling
OF race antagonism.
In short the Democratic party is TO be
offered up as a holocaust, sacrificiai
bull to feed the unhailowed flame
OF personal ambitions, proposition
which doubtless will s,artie the seve-
raj good men who are, more or less
innocently betraying themselves
into bringing it about. G ~. G'hs"n's
services to Louisiana can hardly be
over-estimated. He deserved'y ranks
among the wisest, the truest and the
most earnest and influential statesmen
of America. Let him stand on his
record. Mr.. Eustis is among the ablest
and profOundest minds il America, an
ornament to the Senate and a man all
must admire and Louisianians feel
proud of. Let him stand on his mer-
its. Mr.. Blanchard ranks among the
foremost younger politicians of the
State and the practical results if his
terms of service in Congress arc not
surpassed by those achieved by any
member of the lower House that has
ever gone from Louisiana. Let him
rise on such a record. What need have
such men for faction, for McEncry or
Nichols?
It may be suggested that Nichols
and McEnery could solve all this
trouble and would do it if they were
actuated by sterling patriotism. This
is not just. Neither OF them, nor both,
could do anything of the kind. They
have not the strength, politically, to
do anything of the sort. It takes big
men to do such things and they are
not of that breed. The giants are be-
hind them. But there is Il solution for
the trouble and the people can apply
it. Let the Democratic nominating con-
uention adopt the too Mirtls rule, and
after the factions have exhausted them
selves, neither Nichols nor McEnery
will be nominated and a better man
will be, and the Democratic party will
be preserved, even if its t'co only adj
ministrations are left in undeserved
disrepute.
The Democratic party is equally re-
sponsible for the Nichols and the Nc
Enery>administratioD and it is moi
Democracy, nor consistency, nor wis
dom, to denounce either. Each served
its purpose, both were good and true
and he who says otherwise brings the
party into discredit more than no does
the administration he denounces.
Let us have the two-thirds rule, true
Democracy and peace!
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

DIR. T.Y. Ably, credited to this parish,
Is member of the State Central Com
mittee for the State at large. DR.. Ably
Is not now citizen of Ouachlta and
has no right to represent the Demo-
cracy of this section ON the committee.
In fact, his seat should be declared
vacant and a North Louisiana Demo-
crat selected In his stead.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

Gov. McEnery's levee policy cut of
free labor-the penitentiary ring being
the beneficiary. This fact Is enough
to kill of all the political capital the
Governors friends are trying to make
for him on the leve score.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
..FAIRpLAY AND THE TELEGRApn.'

Editor Telegraph:
The exceedingly courteous notice of
my last communication, by Wcdnes-
days Bulletin makes it necessary for
mo to again apply to you for space
enough to set myself right with the
affable and learned editor of that jour-
nal. After his announcement that the
Bulletin could have no discussion with
Fairplay, expected that there would
be an end of the matter, SO far as the
Bulletin was concerned, and very likely
that 1 would not again intrude upon
the public notice. But since the griev-
ance of the editor of the Bulletin con-
sists in what he calls my speaking dip
PANTY of the "Bullet;n man." l think
I can satisfy him that tho expression
was impcrsonai and had no application
to him.
The truth is, Mr.. Editor, that tho
public in general and myself in partic.
ular do not know exactly what part Of
the productions that appear in the Bull
letin to attribute to its editor and what
part to ascribe to outside assistance
Now it is certain that the present edi-
tor of the Bulletin cannot be held re-
sponsible for its Ching" article of July
6, for the very good reason that no was
not here at that time and had no con-
nection with tho Bulletin. And again,
in the very issue of this week, the in
ternal evidence @: the articles them
selves is strongly against the presump-
ton that the two entitled "Fair Play
and the Telegraph" and GA Now
Question" proceeded from the same
pen. The one is smooth-tiowing, dig
nified and deals in arguments; the
other is crude, impertinent and ADAM
ing reasons attempts to make point
by Juggling in tho names of gentlemen
who happen to differ as TO policy from
its vindictive author. The latter, l
feel sure, was not the production of the
courteous editor of the Bulletin.
1t is perfectly plain, from what l
have said, that it would have been un.
just in me to have spoken of the "edi-
tor of the Bulletin" and therefore l
adopted the indefinite appellation of
"Bulletin man." not from desire to
be rude, but to prepare cap to fit any
head that might choose to wear it.
The reputed author of the Bulletins
"Ring" article of July 6, is supposed
to be the author Of the article headed
GA New Question:" appearing in this
weeks Bulletin. 1t is murmured on
the corners and borne upon the zephyrs
mingled with the August dust that
flies along our streets and sung by the
pestilent mosquito as he prepares to
sip our blood yea, it is even being
openly proclaimed by timid Democrats;
1 have even heard that he himself
boasts of the fact, that this gentleman,
this reputed author, although a recent
convert to the ring aud ring methods,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

The Telegraph is perfectly content to
let its article of the 18th OF June on
"rlngs'' 20 to the world through the
columns of the Bulletin with the CON-
ment OF that journal thereon. We
trust the readers of the Bulletin will
give 1t careful perusal.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

Tho political contest has begun In
New Orleans in earnest. Two mon
have already been shot. - Shreveport
Times.
Yes, and if the Nichols and McEn-
cry factions keep up their partisan
wrangling end wicked fomenting of
discord in the Democratic party, there
will be great many more men killed
before the end Is reached.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

BY his soreheadedness Senator
Eustjs nullifled his effectiveness in the
Senate and II would be folly for the
people to return him. They do not
need an ornamental Senator.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

The Nichols and McEnery factions
are very earnestly engaged in felone'
GUS effort to break into and split open
tho Democratic party, and it is disa-
greeably suggestive that each of them
are using for the accomplishment OF
this design an instrument called a
"Jimmy."
How are these for "cracksmen" in
high life?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

Under n recent ruling of Secretary
of the Interior, Lamar, announced on
the 18th, the indemnity lands of the
Vicksburg, Shreveport 4 Pacific Rail-
road have been restored to the public
domain and thrown open to settlement.
This Is n matter of great importance
to the hill people. Under the original
grant the alternate sections for six
miles on either side of the road was
donated TO the company, but great
deal of the land in these sections hav-
ing been settled upon an indemnity
grant was made by II ruling of the In
ternal department of the alternate Sec
lions for an additional area Of nine
miles on either side OF the road from
which the company could indemnify
itself Ia lieu of lands settled upon In
the SIX miles area. Mr.. Lamar holds
that the withdrawal of these lands from
settlement by the department was ille-
gal and by his recent ruling they are
now thrown upon the market for set
Element.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

Read the article from the Picayane
on the first page of this paper headed
ssThat Levee Policy" 1t knocks the
wind out of the policy. The people
have been paying for their levees and
convict labor has been doing the
work.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
THE OLD DOXOLOGY.

The people have heard the Nichols
preachment, and they are not satisfied.
They have heard the McEnery gospel,
aud that sounds more like a curse than
a prayerful saIatation to brethren.
Neither of these followines can join in
and sing, with hearty goodwill and
brotherly love, the grand old DEM
ocratic doxology "Principles, not
men,"
The time Is ripe for the man TO come
out of the wilderness and preach the
true, old time, pure, unsuilied, imper-
sonal, doctrines of Democracy - the
faith of the fathers.
All ye who have sat beneath the
drlpplngs of tho sanctuary, come and
listen once more, for 1t may be your
last chance In Louisiana for many q
cruel year, to hear the truths and con-
solutions Of the faith.
The land Is full of schisms and schis-
MATES, and they are calling on the
people, as tho inquisitors and puritans
did, to burn tho heretics--and every
solitary hereto Is furnished by them
selves and comes out OF the Democratic
party.
We are not called on to sacrifice and
cruelty the heathen-the radical and
the carpet Dagger, as In old days; but
Nichols men are bowling about "per>
sonal government" "school fund
frauds" etc.; and McEnery men come
back with charges of "nigger oflceity,"
"boltlng nominations, and treason to
sacred blood and sacred suffsrings shed
and endured in sacred cause, and the
cry Is, Cruelty hereto christians!
1t was this spirit Of schism which
made Christianity responsible for the
''dark ages" of history. If it Is allowed
to enter into and dominate the true
spirit of Democracy In Louisiana, the
same evil results may DO expected.
Who is Nichols more than Torquada,
or McEnery more than Latimer, and
what use had the world for either, 80
long as the people were true and sim.
pie and steadfast:: The use for them
came of temporal and personal ambi-
tions. Let the people put away such
things, and be "men on the fence" low
ers of tho Democratic party, and not
belongings of Nichols or McEnery, or
any other living man. Let US sing the
doxoiogy: "Principles, not men!"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

The Mayor of Delhi says that Gov.
McEnery sswill remain at the helm OF
the State for the next four years.
The Mayor of Delhi Is not a prophet.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

It Is understood that Jimmy Houston
will stick to Eustis and that no North
Louisiana man need apply.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

North Louisiana will urge her CAM
didate for the United States Senate
the State ring to the contrary notwith'
standing.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

Col. Hollingsworth's Blanchard
boom has not doomed, and Mr.. Jonas
still lives.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27
Rings are being set down upon all
over the country.
The senatorial toga would set grace
fully on Boatner's shoulders.

Senator Eustis made his reputation
through the gallery and the newspa-
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-08-27

are doing it deliberately and selfishly.
One need not be fulfilled with the
"solemn strength Of prophecy" to FORE
tell where this self-seeking aud factional
policy will end. 1t will end in making
of the negro the arbiter between the
two factions. Among the people, now
to-day, there is no faction in the Dem.
ocratic party, in Louisiana, but, on the
and innocently celebrating which fac
ton they will espouse, under persistent
aggravation Of the mere cliques, for
they are nothing more, which are en-
gagged in the selfish and unpatriotic
task of disrupting the party and bring
ing its two solitary post-6ellnm admin
istrations into undeserved disrepute.
Is there not in the lanu some one
strong, true, devoted man, "careless
indeed of place and power, but very
careful of honor" who can and will
warn the people and call stop before
the Democratic party is disrupted and
it's prestige destroyed and its ascend
ency lost?
There ere plenty of men who believe
that neither the McEuery nor the
Nichols faction will abide the result
of the Democratic Convention if adj
verse to them but will bolt and appeal
to the "people'-that is the negro aud
the Radicals, and we sorrowfully con.
fess that the utterances of more than ono
faction organ abuudantly justities that
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The writer is prominent citizen of Mississippi The
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JACKSON Miss, April %, 1887.
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eleven years and seven months-that is from March l.
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JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH,
Ex-supertntendeut Of Public schools,
North Carolina, Writes a. FoIInw.t


North CsrOiin., Writes n. Follows,
SELMA, North Carolina, Feb. l. +, 1887.
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Campaigns IN Virginia. Did nst miss haviag chill
at least once in twent, days frequent
ly once in seven days, for more than fifteen years
The result was very poor health and general let
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affected can appreciate.
In this condition Visited New York in Novem-
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/ told Mr.. Barker of my condition. DE called my
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directed and found much relief afforded thereby Of
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Nov, lie in care Of exposure TO extra bad
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There unquestionably is trouble in
Hawaii, but its extent and whether it is
dangerous or not. do not yet appear.
Arms are being shipped to the Islands in
considerable quantities, and two warships
are said to have been dispatched to King
Kalakaua's dominions by the British Gov
ernment. 1t appears to be pretty well
established that the King has disaffected
subjects, and enough of them to create un-
easiness. Thew are said to be chiefly
foreigners, and to be only small proper
ton of the population. The assertion is
made that Claus Spreckles, the American
sugar monopollst. is trying to precipitate
a revolution. or at least TO create an outside
impression that kalakaua's throne is
unsafe. At one time he and the King
were friends, and he has lent His Majesty,
it is said, over million dollars. These
two men have quarrelled, and ifSpreckles
wants to iniure kalakaua seriously. he. of
/ all men has the power to do it. The trea-
! ty between Hawaii and the United States
operates virtually to give Spreckles the
entire sugar trade of the kingdom. He is
rich and commands incalculabe influence
there, and is reported to have boosted
on one occasion that he carried the King
and the Legislature in his pocket, and he
could do what he pleased with them.
| The man who is said TO have made this
foolish boast is a native of Hanover, Ger
many. poorly educated and of humble
origin. He came to the United States
about 1880, and opened a grocer's store
| in New York city. When California be-
came the shrine towards which myriads OF
pilgrims travelled in the hope of wealth,
| Spreckles Joined in the great procession.
| He opened store in California, and made
money fast. A later venture was to buy
an interest in brewery. After a few
years he sold out. large gamer. and in
vested his money in the business OF
rein NC sugar. He now controls the
sugar business in the Pacific coast, and as
before stated, has the monopoly of the
trade in that staple with Hawaii
When Spreckles was poor young man,
he married the woman who is now the
wealthy Mrs. Spreckles of San Francisco.
but who was then German girl IN domes-
tic service. Thes have four sons and one
daughter. The father and sons are popu-
lar members of the Pacific Club of San
Francisco.
| Spreckles shows age. but is still active
and healthy. He has the light hair and
complexion, and the eyes and features OF
the ordinary German. That his hair is
rapidly whitening is not remarkable
in man of his years. In figure he is of
medium height and weight. active and
energetic. 1t is to be hoped that his
alleged kindheartedness will prevent him
doing any Intentional wrong to King Kali.
akua and his subjects. or. if he has already
done it, prevent him from continuing in q
course OF conduct prejudicial to their inter-
ests. The native inhabitants of the islands
are loyal to the Government.
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